Several women have accused Chuck Close of sexually harassing them when they came to his studio to pose. The artist agreed that he has spoken candidly and crudely to women about their bodies. “Last time I looked, discomfort was not a major offense,” he said.

Google Doodle is honoring Max Born’s 135 birthday today. The Nobel Prize-winning scientist helped develop quantum mechanics -- a branch of physics that’s led to the development of many major technologies including lasers, computers and MRIs.

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and supported the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote.

Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University.

Physicist and mathematician P.A.M Dirac, who helped found quantum electrodynamics, is known for the Dirac equation and his prediction of antiparticles. He won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger.

James Stavridis is a retired 4-star U.S. Navy admiral who served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 2009 to 2013. After retiring from service, he became the dean of The Fletcher School of Law at Tufts University.